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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
7
Classified ads offer furnished rooms with modern conveniences near downtown Topeka and outlying areas. Listings include heat, gas, and water details, several small houses for rent, store rooms, and multiple rent options. Also advertised are a variety of sale items such as stoves, guns, organs, livestock, and farm goods from local merchants and traders.
An old advertisement fragment urges sending garments to Chivers for cleaning and dyeing, praising their steam dye works and experience. It touts services for overcoats and coats, with references to Warren's Stoves and various promotions. The blocky copy includes phone hints and scattered product mentions like band sleeves and dress items.
An old clipped advertisement touts The Great Magnetic Oil as a cure for rheumatism and offers home cleaning services for curtains and furniture. It urges readers to send their clothes or hats for muddy restoration, mentions jackets and coats, and promotes sending items to Chivers for repair and cleaning. It also references actors from the Auditors and a social call to Ladies and Gentlemen.
Real estate ad listing numerous properties for sale and rent with prices and brief features. Mentions locations such as Washburn Street and Filmore, modern improvements, and various prices. Includes multiple agents and contact cues, with scattered phone-like references.
Fragmentary real estate notice describes a new residence with six rooms and hardwood finish near Vinewood car and post office. Mentions East Front lots, bank bid, two houses investment potential, Price 300 with 500 down, incomplete OCR yields unclear details.
Bargains and building sites offered by Benedict & Co in Topeka. Properties include 11 rooms with city water and cistern, barns, shade, and pavement near 10th and Kansas. other plots and homes with flexible payments advertised by multiple agents. Numerous listings promise quick sale with monthly installment options and non resident buyer interest.
For sale by Roudebush listings cover multiple rooms and small lots with varied locations, including Ash Street Gran Avenue Sumner Street and Van Buren Street. Prices range from under 1000 to about 2000 dollars, with entries noting rooms 2 to 4 and several lots in blocks near Chandler Fourth West and Guthrie avenues.
Auction style notices advertise multiple properties near Topeka and Torrington including a four acre farm with orchard and timber, a small house with stable, and city lots and cottages. Prices range from about 1 to 14 thousand dollars with terms and offers invited. Listings mention contact figures and nearby streets.
Special bargains for a few in Topeka area properties. Describes rental listings at 32 E 6th Street and Monroe At with 6 room cottages, good locations, shade, fruit, cisterns, and cellars. Mentions monthly balance terms and price around 1400 dollars for a lot.
The notice offers multiple properties in Topeka Kansas including a never-occupied modern pew room house with city water and a 4 room residence near shops. Other listings mention a 49 acre parcel west of the city, 2 acre plots with a 4 room house and barn, and 3 acre lots near Bay Street. Prices range from about 40 to 2000 dollars with terms and locations noted.
F. M. Prescott advertises farms and residence lots for sale in all parts of the city. Prices are provided on request. Also offers acreage near Watounser and Bhawnee counties at fair rates. Call for particulars and terms. Southern hues on Jackson sale location referenced.
An estate listing offers multiple properties for sale near Bain, City and surrounding streets. Advertised features include 12 room residence, 6 room cotta ge, barn, water and bath, front and back views, and various prices like 2200 and 17v1. Phone numbers and locations referenced.
George M Noble and Co lists numerous farm and stock ranch offerings within miles of Topeka. Properties include 71 1 2 acres with creek water and buildings, 190 acres bottom land, 240 acres pasture with orchard, 160 acres with mixed bottoms and slope, and several 40 acre to 80 acre parcels. Prices per acre vary. several parcels feature water, fencing, outbuildings, and proximity to rail or shipping points. Also mentions numerous additional Shawnee County grass lands at bargain prices and invites inquiries.
W C Stephenson & Co Iowa City real estate ad lists multiple properties with prices cash and monthly payments. Offers cottage and house listings on east side near Monroe Adams Chandler and Quincy streets with city cistern water outhouses barns and outbuildings. Some properties include front halls, staircases, and coal sheds. rents and terms noted. contact W Stephenson & Co at 00 Kansas Ave.
G B Payne & Co lists 4 lot 6 room cottage in Jefferson area and many city parcels. Includes 5 room house on Kansas Ave and 2 brick houses on Chandler St, plus acres and farm tracts. Promises prices and terms to suit, calls for buyers needing city or rural property.
A compact desert valley listing promotes a 4.0 acre ranch with nine miles of bottom land along a creek, offering rich hay and alfalfa potential. It notes school districts, Samibbe ham as a nearby reference, and urges buyers to view parcels from single quarters to Becks tracts starting at $29 per acre.
Listing notes a five room house and a new room cottage with terms and geome Egger details. Mentions a chicken ranch with two acres, well improved, and an additional property near Sen If wold thi i. Partial OCR text yields unclear specifics but indicates multiple dwellings and parcels for sale.
Fragmented OCR text describes lots and building sites near Washburn and Walnut Grove with prices around 19 dollars and slots remaining on a route or street. Mentions areas like Porwin Awueniale Walnet Grove South Topeka and an east front location with tax notes, but many words are garbled.
Barnes Real Estate Co offers to trade up to ten room houses and smaller depots on reasonable terms. Prospective buyers invited to discuss modern properties with improvements such as new roofing, painting, and heating. Owner willing to accept cheaper property as part of a trade in a central location.
Classified listing offers multiple properties in Topeka and surrounding areas. Includes 3 room houses on Clay Street, a farm in Potawatamie County, several lots on various streets, and building plots near 25th Street. Contact W S Anderson Real Estate for details.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference westbound Taion Pacific and Missouri Pacific lines with unclear details. Readable bits mention routes and possible rail activity but lack concrete dates, actions, or outcomes.
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